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ANATOMY
Definition of ANATOMY
noun
The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English anatomie, from Old French anatomie, from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομή (anatomḗ, “dissection”, literally “cutting up”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, incise”). By surface analysis, ana- + -tomy. Doublet of ottomy.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,825)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ANATOMY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANATOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ANATOMY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAMNOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ANATOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found ANATOMY?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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